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| Recommendation for new 5-ch Amp The Emotiva product line is finally on my radar screen. I am building a Home Theatre system and am going to give the "blue lights" a try. If the products live up to the hype it certainly will have me 'rethinking high-end audio/video'. | |
| dedicated power line for audio equipment We are building a new home and I was definitely going with dedicated 20 amp connections, but hadn't thought about using the 10/2 Romex. Thanks Andy for the thread and everyone who has commented! | |
| Acoustic Zen or Tyler Acoustics or Dunlavy I have spent the last three weeks auditioning speakers in the 5-30K range in Dallas and Denver. In comparing these speakers versus the Dunlavy SC-Vs, these sessions have led me to the following conclusion that most of these speakers do at least on... | |
| Best CD/SACD Players under $3K I believe the 'sleeper of all time' is the EAD Ultradisk 2000 Reference CD Player. I tried this one because of previous reviews and the fact that it aesthetically matches my Roland gear perfectly. I had a cd player that was rated A+ by Stereophile... | |
| Attention Dunlavy Speaker owners Thanks guys for your input. I agree that it takes some experimentation to get best results. For me toeing in the speakers seems to always help. As with most speakers, not having an obstruction in the middle seems to make a positive difference, and... | |
| RCA cables silver,gold or copper whats better? I have had good success using both silver and copper. It does pay, however, to carefully evaluate products from various manufacturers to see what works best in a given system. The cables to steer clear of is from DakiOm. The guy that sells these t... | |
| What Product Did You Overspend On? I bought a pair of DakiOm MR273(s)and placed them between my Rowland Preamp and Amps. It produced a dreadful low-end buzz that I thought might blow up the system. Tried it with Rotel gear and it dimished system performance significantly. I tried t... | |
| Best speakers For ARC VT100MKII I basically had the same electronics in my system for a time and they matched up particularly well with Dunlavy SC-5 speakers. The Dunlavys have been mfg discontinued for some time, but now represent one of the best resale values in all of high-en... | |
| Amp Power Conditioner or not? I have tried the same routine with both Audio Research and most recently Rowland Amps. In both cases the amps sounded better directly connected to the outlet. A step beyond, however, is the use of a Rowland PC-1 with the 501's. That has significan... | |
| Best speakers for about $2000 a pair A used set of Dunlay SC-4s, Alethas or Cantatas would be significantly better than anything that could be purchased new at this price point. | |
| long term components Various assortments of Dunlavy speakers ranging from SC-1s to Vs make up three different 2 channel and Home Theatre systems. Electronics come and go, but the speakers (purchased new and now discontinued) have remained and likely will continue as l... | |
| Is sooloos worth the money? I believe that Sooloos will have to cut prices drastically very soon or drop from the market. At 50% less it would still be at the upper end of the spectrum. Along with this it does have some limitations (as already mentioned) which precludes it f... | |
| Go with a tube preamp or not? I have used Audio Research tube preamps for years with great results. Recently went with a Jeff Rowland Capri and was amazed that it stood it's ground and in some ways exceeded previous performance levels. As a aside, DON'T USE ANY DAKIOM PRODUCTS... | |
| Amps direct to wall vs. power conditioner? I'm currently using the Jeff Rowland 501 Monos, and they do sound better (more dynamic) plugged directly into the wall versus using my Audio Magic Stealth XXX amplifier outlets. Of course, we're dealing with lots of variables here, but I think it'... | |
| Vintage speakers 80s-90s..... The Dunlavy speakers, such as the Cantata(s),are some of the best speakers I have heard (and I've heard a lot of them). Even the SC-IVs occasionally dip into the 3K - 4K range. If you haven't experienced the Dunlavy product, please do yourself a f... |